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EDITORIAL: Democracy doesn’t win from ANC’s unforgiveable own goal

The ANC’s ballot blunder hurts voters

NATASHA MARRIAN: A poll where everything is in play

No more safe seats in the 2026 local elections

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Beware the death of the ANC

Rob and Zuks talk succession

Helen Zille

Real Politics: DA dare not forget Zille’s warning 

There are risks aplenty to a coalition with the ANC

TIM COHEN: The ANC needs a tourniquet. The DA needs a ladder

A stable centrist coalition between the ANC and the DA may be the only path forward

Battle of the blueprints for South Africa’s broken municipalities

The ANC and DA offer starkly contrasting manifestos on how to fix South Africa’s municipalities

ANC, MK Party and EFF in a power struggle. Image supplied

NATASHA MARRIAN: Baloyi bets on MK in Joburg

Bongani Baloyi believes in an MK shake up for Joburg politics

Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza. Picture: GCIS/KOPANO TLAPE

Real Politics: The centre is holding – and must endure

The Didiza vote shows the GNU's centre is holding firm

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC’s mayoral deadlock in Joburg worsens

ANC’s Joburg mayoral deadlock worsens as its factions clash

Real Politics: Burke tests DA’s clean-government claim

The DA cannot afford to blur the lines between it and the ANC

The week ahead: D-day for candidate lists

Here’s looking at you, ANC, with the IEC’s Friday deadline looming

Dysfunction in Joburg.

NATASHA MARRIAN: What it takes to win Joburg

Joburg’s 2026 election could mark a historic DA breakthrough, but winning the city will depend on turnout, voter fragmentation and coalition arithmetic.